An illustration for 'The Pilgrims of the Rhine': Kaub, Gutenfels and Pfalz

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David Roberts, R.A. (1796-1864)
An illustration for 'The Pilgrims of the Rhine': Kaub, Gutenfels and Pfalz
signed and dated 'D Roberts 1832' (lower right)
pencil, pen and grey ink and watercolour, heightened with touches of bodycolour with gum arabic and with scratching out
10 5/8 x 8¼ in. (27 x 21 cm.)

Provenance

with Martin and Sewell, London, May 1970.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 30 March 1993, lot 80 as 'The Rhine: Kaub, Gutenfels and Pfalz'.

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Lot Essay

The present work is an illustration to Bulwer Lytton's travel book The Pilgrims of the Rhine, published in 1834 and including twenty-one illustrations in total. The town depicted is Kaub with the ruined castle of Gutenfels above it. The turreted castle in midstream is Pfalzgrafenstein, a prison for political offenders.

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